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[tommib]

The year is almost over and I wanted to check what you think were the best graphics you saw this year. Take your pick.

My main vote goes to Ghostwire, followed by GT7 and Scorn.

Update

Guess we got a top 5:

1 - Horizon: Forbidden West
2 - God of War: Ragnarok
3 - Plague Tale: Requiem
4 - The Last of Us Part 1
5 - Elden Ring

 

[kikkis]

Voted for cod mw2 sp in other.

 

[diffusionx]

HFW is for my money the best looking game out there, on any platform. Shame about the rest of it.

 

[SJRB]

Ragnarok in terms of sheer technical quality and fidelity, Elden Ring in terms of artstyle, design and atmosphere.

 

[AJUMP23]

Elden Ring was the most lovely to me.

 

[NightmareFarm]

Out of this list, Ghostwire Tokyo. I would say DnF duel looks the best imo but then again I have a thing for anime style graphics.

 

[VGEsoterica]

100% stray. The whole vibe, the colors, the shallow DOF when zooming in. Amazing looking game

 

[TheDreadLord]

COD MW2 is the best looking game, easily

 

[tommib]

COD MW2 is the best looking game, easily

I missed that. Let me add it.

 

[tommib]

Voted for cod mw2 sp in other.

Added to the poll.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Haven't played many games released this year, but still voted for Elden Ring and Scorn, both because of their artstyle.

Also, that inclusion of Hyper Demon on the list is pretty based. Game's visual style might be one of the most visually unique things in a long, long time.

 

[Banjo64]

Requiem man. I read on here that it was made by a 70 man team. Absolutely boggles my mind.

 

[Fbh]

Should have named it "best visuals" or something instead based on some of the options in the poll. Also what's Bayonetta 3 doing there, not only are the graphics horrible, the art direction si by far the weakest in the trilogy too.
Either way, from the ones I've seen I'd say Horizon Easily has the best actual graphics. But for art direction I'd go with Elden Ring.

I'm playing through Demon Souls remake right now and I noticed the other day that even though the graphics in Demon Souls are substantially better than in Elden Ring, I took WAY more screenshots in Elden ring because the art direction and locations are way nicer.

 

[Thirty7ven]

Though choice between Forbidden West and Ragnarok.

Forbidden West looks incredible from a technical standpoint and some of the vistas are jaw dropping but Ragnarok takes it from me because it brings it all together like no other game this year.

 

[Roxkis_ii]

Still yet to see anything topple HFW this year as far as looks.

 

[Markio128]

HFW for many reasons. I nearly voted GT7, but it flits too often between breathtaking and alright.

 

[CatLady]

Requiem. I loved the graphics and art direction in that game. Asobo is amazing.

 

[mxbison]

Overall I'd go with Horizon FW.

Plagee Tale has it's moments where it looks like it could be #1 but the faces and animations are just way too bad.

 

[analog_future]

The Last of Us Part I for me.

Horizon Forbidden West is one of the uglier games I've ever played from an artistic standpoint.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

Elden Ring had the best graphics. I don’t care if they weren’t using the most up to date rendering techniques, the Siofra River had my jaw shattering the floor.

 

[Spaceman292]

I got a bit bored with Horizon but playing it on a big TV with HDR is just mindblowing.

 

[Ogbert]

It’s HFW and nothing else comes close.

Unfortunately, the quality of the gameplay is inversely proportional to the looks.

 

[bender]

Hate the game, but Scorn is a visual treat.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Not yet played Requiem or Ragnarock so I vote for Forbidden West. I got lots of issues with Forbidden West but looks isn’t one of them.

 

[Interfectum]

It's easily Forbidden West.

 

[adamsapple]

Hate the game, but Scorn is a visual treat.

While I don't hate it. I agree that it is one of the most distinctively unique visual experiences in a long while.

 

[Bartski]

Part1, Ragnarok second.

 

[chixdiggit]

Plague Tale Requiem gets my vote. The dark environments are well done and the lighted outdoor environments are gorgeous. It's my go to game to show off my new OLED monitor.

 

[R6Rider]

Is this best graphics as in fidelity and details or best art style?

 

[3liteDragon]

Forbidden West without a doubt.

 

[tommib]

Is this best graphics as in fidelity and details or best art style?

Best graphics. Read that as you wish. A little bit of both maybe?

 

[The Cockatrice]

HFW no contest lol. That game is a technological marvel.

 

[poodaddy]

Scorn, Requiem, and MW2 for me.

 

[M1chl]

I don't have a PS5, so I despite seeing few games mentioned in action I am not going to voting for it.

My votes are:

- Elden Ring. Vote because of sheer amount of assets which are neatly put together to comprehensive and diverse world, where I sometimes go on just for sightseeing


- SCORN. Vote, because it's weird, but it's comited to it's artstyle and it is something which I want more of in gaming industry and not less. Some scenes are super impressive from both technical and visual perspective.

 

[Haggard]

artstyle: Elden Ring
technology: HFW. With a bit more budget Plague Tale could`ve taken that crown, though.

 

[nkarafo]

I voted for Elden Ring. Because even though, technically, it doesn't do as much as something like Horizon or GoW, the later games look boring to me. Elden Ring though has amazing art direction. Some of it's scenes look like paintings.

 

[kyliethicc]

Knack 2

 

[rofif]

THIS THREAD NEEDS SCREENSHOTS !!!!
All my shots.... just few from my favs.
Art and architecture - Elden Ring
Graphics Tech - The Last of Us.
Overall ? - Probably Horizon. Horizon is the one I would replay FOR graphics.

ER

 

[Ghost of Caelid]

TLOU Part 1...the interactivity in the game sets it over the edge for me vs Horizon because that game has alot of non interactive set dressing. Elden ring wins art direction, none of the other games had vistas as beautiful as it.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Elden Ring for its artistic achievements and Horizon Forbidden West for its technical.

 

[itsjustJEFF]

It's a toss up between Spider-Man on PC and HFW... but I gotta give it to HFW. It's technically stellar with pretty good art direction. Spider-Man on PC is technically but I don't find it's art direction all that great.

Special mention to Elden Ring! It's art direction was fantastic, better than HFW to me, but it has the Souls "jank" on the technical side. We are talking about graphics here, so we kinda gotta take the whole into account.

 

[b0uncyfr0]

Gotham Knights

 

[brian0057]

 

[nkarafo]

 

[Hobbygaming]

Horizon Forbidden West with its advanced shader system

 

[gow3isben]

Ironwood in Jotenheim and trek to final shrine are the best graphics I have seen in a game

 

[RoadHazard]

Of those I have played, GOWR. It's ridiculously detailed at times and can look absolutely stunning. At the same time it can sometimes really look like the cross-gen game it is. And it's a shame that it's not locked 60fps on PS5 (it's close though).

Probably Horizon is more impressive, but I haven't played that.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Even if i don't love the game, Forbidden West takes it. TLOU Part 1 is a close 2nd.

 

[Flabagast]

Plague tale for me, Horizon being a close second

 

[GymWolf]

Horizon forbidden west of course.

Frontrunner: tlou remake, requiem and ragnarock.